Asus NCLV-D2 Series A.1 NCLV-D2/SATAblock diagram

A.1 NCLV-D2/SATA block diagram

Intel Xeon Processor

with 800MHz system bus

System Bus

64bit, 800 MHz

Intel Xeon Processor

with 800MHz system bus

Intel Memory

Controller Hub

(E7320)

interfaces Express PCI

Hub interface 1.5

	Six	6xDDRII 400 DIMM slots (max. 8GB)
	Six
	DDRII 400 DIMM
	DDRII 400 DIMM
	Sockets

X4 PCI Express				PCI Express Slot1
X4 PCI Express

X1 PCI Express
X1 PCI Express
	Gigabit LAN			LAN
	BCM5721			Port1


	Gigabit LAN			LAN
	Gigabit LAN			LAN
	BCM5705E			Port2

PCI-X 66MHz bus

Intel I/O

Controller Hub

(6300ESB)

PCI 33 bus

SMBus

IDE 1

IDE 2

LPC-Bus

USB 1

USB 4

1

2

SATA

Slot

Slot

Adaptec AIC-8130

PCI

PCI

SlotPCI1

SlotPCI2

PCIMin (BMC)

ATI Rage XL

8 Mbyte

VGA-Conn.

H/W

EEPROM

monitor

W83792D

System

information

Fan

Power

Supplly

Super I/O

BIOS Flash

8 Mbit

W82627TH

F-A

Keyboard

Floppy

1st Serial Port

Mouse

ASUS NCLV-D2 Series

A - 1

Contents

Page E2040 First Edition August Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Chapter 5: RAID configuration Chapter 6: Driver installation Appendix: Block diagrams Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical safety Operation safety How this guide is organized Where to find more information Conventions used in this guide Typography NCLV-D2Series specifications summary Page Page Chapter summary 1.1Welcome Thank you for buying an ASUS® NCLV-D2Series motherboard 1.2Package contents Motherboard Cables 1.3.1Product highlights Serial ATA technology Built-inSATA RAID solution Zero-ChannelRAID (ZCR) solution Gigabit LAN solution USB 2.0 technology 1.3.2Innovative ASUS features Hardware2 information Page 2.1Before you proceed Onboard LED 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3Support kit for motherboard Page Page 2.2.4Motherboard layouts NCLV-DS2model 2.2.5Layout contents Page 2.3.1Installling the CPU Page 2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan Page 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory configurations Single and dual rank mixing 2.4.3Installing a DIMM 2.4.4Removing a DIMM 2.5.1Installing an expansion card 2.5.2Configuring an expansion card 2.5.3Interrupt assignments 2.5.4PCI/PCI-Xslots 2.5.5PCI Express x8 slot 2.5.6ZCR slot 2.6Jumpers 1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) 2 . CPU fan pin selection (3-pinFM_CPU1, FM_CPU2) 3 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34) 4 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1) 5 . VGA controller setting (3-pinVGA_EN1) 6 . Gigabit LAN controller setting (3-pinLAN1_EN1) 7 . Gigabit LAN controller setting (3-pinLAN2_EN1) 8 . SCSI controller setting (3-pinSCSI_EN1) (NCLV-DS2model only) 9 . SATA controller setting (3-pinSATA_EN1) (NCLV-D2/SATAmodel only) 10 . Adaptec 8130 LED setting (3-pin8130LED1) (NCLV-D2/SATAmodel only) 11 . Force BIOS recovery setting (3-pinRECOVERY1) 2.7.1Rear panel connectors 2.7.2Internal connectors 3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2) Serial ATA hard disk drive connection 6 . Ultra320 SCSI connector (68-pinSCSI1) (NCLV-D2/SATAmodel only) SCSI Connection Notes 7 . USB connector (10-1pin USB34) 8 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM2) 10 . BMC connector (16-pinBMCCONN1) 11 . Backplane SMBus connector (6-1pin BPSMB1) 12 . Power supply SMBus connector (5-pinPSUSMB1) 13 . ATX power connectors (24-pinATXPWR1, 8-pinATX12V1) Page 15 . Auxiliary panel connector (20-pinAUX_PANEL1) •Front panel SMB (6-1pin FPSMB) LAN activity LED •Chassis intrusion (4-1pin CHASSIS) •Locator LED (6-pinLOCATOR) Page Page 3.1Starting up for the first time AMI BIOS beep codes 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function 3.2.2Using the dual function power switch Page Page 4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 4.1.2AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS file afudos /i[filename] Page 4.1.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 4.1.4ASUS Update utility Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file Open Save 4.2BIOS setup program 4.2.1BIOS menu screen 4.2.2Menu bar 4.2.3Navigation keys 4.2.4Menu items 4.2.5Sub-menuitems 4.2.6Configuration fields 4.2.7Pop-upwindow 4.2.8Scroll bar 4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 4.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 4.3.4IDE Configuration 4.3.5Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave, Tertiary and Fourth IDE Master 4.3.6System Information Processor Information System Memory Information 4.4.1CPU Configuration MPS Table Version [1.4] Hyper Threading Technology [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Execute Disable Function [Disabled] Enhanced C1 Control [Auto] 4.4.2Chipset Configuration NorthBridge Configuration Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] Memory Mirroring/Sparing [Disabled] 4.4.3PCI/PnP Configuration 4.4.4Power Configuration APM Configuration Power Management [Enabled] Video Power Down Mode [Suspend] Hard Disk Power Down Mode [Suspend] Suspend Time Out (Minute) [Disabled] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] Power On Ring [Disabled] Power On By PME# [Disabled] 4.4.5USB Configuration 4.4.6Super IO Configuration 4.4.7Hardware Monitor CPU1/CPU2 Temperature [XXX] MB Temperature [XXX] 4.5.1Remote Access Configuration Remote Access [Enabled] Serial port number [COM1] Serial Port Mode [115200 8,n,1] Flow Control [None] Redirection After BIOS POST [Always] 4.6Security Change Supervisor Password Not Installed Installed To clear the supervisor password: User Access Level [Full Access] No Access View Only Limited Full Access Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] 4.7.1Boot Device Priority 4.7.2Boot Settings Configuration 4.8Exit menu Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Page Page 5.1.1RAID definitions 5.1.2Installing hard disk drives 5.1.3Setting the RAID item in BIOS 5.1.4RAID configuration utilities 5.2LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility Management Menu 5.2.1Creating a RAID set ARRAY SELECTION MENU READY ONLIN A[X]-[Y] Page Logical Drive Stripe Size Accept Using New Configuration Size 5.2.2Adding or viewing a RAID configuration Page Page 5.2.3Initializing the logical drives Yes Initialize Using the Objects command Logical Drives Page 5.2.4Rebuilding failed drives RBLD 5.2.5Checking the drives for data consistency Consistency Check Page 5.2.6Deleting a RAID configuration 5.2.7Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set 5.2.8Enabling the WriteCache 5.4Adaptec SCSISelect(TM) Utility 5.4.1Configuring the SCSI controller 5.4.2Enabling the HostRAID controller 5.4.3Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe) Free Page Page 5.4.4Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror) Create new RAID-1 Create a New Copy from ( 0) to ( 1) Copy from ( 1) to ( 0) Page 5.4.5Creating a RAID 10 set (Stripe+Mirror) Page Page Page 5.4.6Adding a spare drive to a RAID 10 set 5.4.7Deleting a RAID 10 set spare drive Page 5.4.8Deleting a RAID set 5.4.9Rebuilding a RAID set 5.4.10 Verifying a RAID set hard disk drive 5.4.11 Making a RAID set bootable <B Mark bootable 5.5Adaptec® RAID Configuration Utility Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 5.5.1Configuring the hard disk drive(s) 5.5.2Creating a RAID 0 set (Striped) Array Properties Array Type RAID 0 (Stripe) Array Label 64KB Create RAID via No Init [Done] Manage Arrays 5.5.3Creating a RAID 0 set via Migrate Page 5.5.4Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirrored) Quick Init Build Clear Page 5.5.5Deleting a RAID 0 set 5.5.6Deleting a RAID 1 set Deleting Information [None] [Member#0] [Member#1] [Both] 5.5.7Adding a spare drive to a RAID 1 set 5.5.8Deleting a RAID 1 spare drive 5.5.9Rebuilding a RAID set Page 5.5.10 Using the Disk Utilities Format Disk Page Page Page 6.1.1Creating a RAID driver disk Red Hat® Enterprise ver 6.1.2Installing the RAID controller driver Page Page Page boot: linux dd fd0 OK 6.2.1Windows® 2000/2003 Server Page 6.2.2Red Hat® Enterprise ver Building the driver from the TAR file insmod bcm5700.o make install 6.3.1Windows® 2000 Server 6.3.2Windows® 2003 Server 6.3.3Red Hat® Enterprise ver 6.4.1Running the support CD 6.4.2Drivers menu 6.4.3Management Software menu 6.4.4Utilities menu 6.4.5Contact information Page Page Appendix summary A.1 NCLV-D2/SATAblock diagram A.2 NCLV-DS2block diagram